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Bread for the Journey, Wednesday in the 5th week after the Epiphany

On: February 10, 2021

Tagged: empathy, gospel of Mark, jesus, love, vulnerability

From the Daily Lectionary for Wednesday in the Fifth Week after the Epiphany Mark 10:1-16 He left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them. Some Pharisees came, and to testRead More →

Of Voting the “Beatitudes”

On: October 28, 2020

Tagged: Beatitudes, dignity, election day, empathy, justice

One of my laments about the Church is that we clergy tend not to treat our parishioners like adults. We worry about hurt feelings; we tiptoe around important issues that face our public life; we opt more for the Gospel of comfort, instead of the Gospel of radical change. Don’tRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Thursday in the Twentieth Week after Pentecost

On: October 22, 2020

Tagged: empathy, Good Samaritan, jesus, kingdom of God, parables, who is my neighbor?

From the Daily Lectionary for Thursday in the Twentieth Week after Pentecost Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shallRead More →

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